Improvement in washing-machines



w. P. BETH'KE. Washing-Machine No. 2159301. l Patented Sept. 2, 18 79.

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IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,201, dated September 2, 1879; application filed May 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BEIHKE, of Peru, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a washing-machine so constructed that the oppositely-recimocating wash-boards shall pass close to and immediately above a corrugated board placed in the bottom of the machine.-

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the machine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wash-boards and mechanism for operating them. The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of identical parts.

A is the body of the machine, supported on legs A two of which are extended above the machine, as shown at A to afford bearings for the shaft B, which carries the fly-whecl B and driving-pinion G, which is operated by the crank O. p

y The driving-pinion O operates the spur-pin- I ion D, carried on the crank-rod E, which is L L, the upper ends of which support the crossrod G. The arms L L are also pivoted to the sides of the machine at L so that they oscillate freely.

M is a corrugated board, placed in the bottom of the machine, over which the clothes are made to pass as the boards H H are moved backward and forward.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Power being applied to the driving-pinion, motion is conveyed, through the spur-pinion, to the crank-rod E, and, by means of the link F, to the cross-rod Gr, thus moving the boards. The board H being connected with the arm L below the pivot L as the rod G is made to approach the crank-rod E it is forced forward, whilethe board H being connected through the arms J J directly to the rod Gr, is drawn backward, thus giving the boards a reciprocating movement alternately in different directions, forcing the clothes back ward and forward over the corrugated board in the bottom of the machine, the distance between them bein g regulated at pleasure by means of the thumb-screw and slots.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In combination with the oppositelyrecipro eating wash-boardsH H, the corrugated board M, placed in the bottom of the machine, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. BETHKE.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. WALKER, JOHN KELLOGG, 

